TOHO GODZILLA SUIT 17

TokyoGoji (2003)

Three giant monsters, one violent final battle!

This suit can be seen in these movies:

Upgraded with a Giant Scar

For the film Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., the sequel to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Godzilla’s appearance remained basically the same. A new suit named TokyoGoji, was created with an almost identical design, only sporting a large scar on the chest region, sustained from Kiryu’s Absolute Zero Cannon in the previous film.

Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

The Giant Scar is the One Big Difference

The suits from Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. are 99% identical. The biggest change is the large scare on Godzilla’s chest, but there may be other small changes. It’s possible Wakasa either re-casted the suit or gave it a darker paint job. In Tokyo S.O.S. the skin contrasts a lot more with the teeth and claws.

Another difference is at the base of the tail, where a spine is switched to a more unique one. Apparently Wakasa duplicated an upper side spine in the 2002 suit.

SPECIAL FEATURE

Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

In this 30 min video you’ll see every SFX aspect the movie such as…

Filming miniature tanks
Using blue screen
Eagle eyed viewers can see the air hose that attaches to the bottom of Godzilla’s tail
See the Godzilla animatronic half-suit (5:34)
Watch how they film the water scenes (26:00)
And so much more!

TokyoGoji Suit Reference Images

The screencaps were captured from the Sony Blu-ray and the behind the scenes images were scanned from the Japanese book: Godzilla Graphic Collection by Hobby Japan. Some of the images may have been modified to see the textures more easily.

Screencaps Behind the Scenes

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